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Perpetual Limbo: Israel's Freeze on Unification of Palestinian Families in the Occupied Territories
Reports | HaMoked Report | 01.07.2006
Second report by HaMoked and B'Tselem on Israel's policy which forces nuclear families in the Territories to live separately. The report focuses on Israel's policy since the second intifada, which freezes processing of family unification applications in the Territories, making the lives of thousands of Palestinian families impossible._x000D_
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02/10/2008
On 5 October 2008, the HCJ will hold a hearing in a series of petitions filed by HaMoked against the military's policy which prevents Palestinian residents of the Territories from conducting family life and living with their spouses and children in the Territories: HaMoked claims that the military's refusal to process family unification applications infringes on the right of residents of the Territories to family life and turns the Palestinian population into a hostage for the purposes of Israel's political moves. HaMoked demands Israel renew processing family unification applications and acknowledge spousal relationships as criteria for approving them
17/04/2007
HaMoked – Center for the Defence of the Individual petitioned the High Court of Justice against the policy preventing Palestinian residents of the Occupied Territories from leading a family life and living with their spouses and children: HaMoked demands the military cease its refusal to process applications transferred to it, receive applications for visitor permits and family unification from the Palestinian Authority and recognize a spousal relationship as such as grounds for approving the applications
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Travel inside the OPT Curfew Entry into Israel from Gaza Entry into Israel from the West Bank Travel between the West Bank and the Gaza Strip Travel Abroad from the West Bank and Gaza Travel Abroad from Jerusalem Visit Permits Separation Wall Entry into Gaza from Israel and Jerusalem